fordern
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vodern/vordern, from Old High German fordarōn, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ(a)rōn. More at vorder.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁdəʁn/, [ˈfɔɐ̯dɐn]
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: for‧dern
Verb
[edit]fordern (weak, third-person singular present fordert, past tense forderte, past participle gefordert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to demand, ask
- (transitive) to claim
- (transitive) to require
- Die schwersten Entscheidungen fordern den stärksten Willen.
- The most difficult decisions require the strongest wills.
- (transitive, figuratively) to challenge
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | fordern | ||||
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present participle | fordernd | ||||
past participle | gefordert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fordre ich fordere ich forder |
wir fordern | i | ich fordere ich fordre |
wir fordern |
du forderst | ihr fordert | du forderest du fordrest |
ihr forderet ihr fordret | ||
er fordert | sie fordern | er fordere er fordre |
sie fordern | ||
preterite | ich forderte | wir forderten | ii | ich forderte1 | wir forderten1 |
du fordertest | ihr fordertet | du fordertest1 | ihr fordertet1 | ||
er forderte | sie forderten | er forderte1 | sie forderten1 | ||
imperative | fordre (du) forder (du) fordere (du) |
fordert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Note: Forms with dropped e are also spelled with an apostrophe, e.g. ford’re instead of fordre and fordere.
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